Plea hearing set for 2 p.m. for Jan. 6 defendant Andrew Hatley, who posed with a statue of white supremacist John Calhoun inside the Capitol crypt.
Hatley's case was tied up in a bow thanks to a search warrant return from his Life360 account.
"When HATLEY was asked about the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, HATLEY advised he was not sure how much he should say without legal counsel because he could be in a great deal of trouble.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Hatley, 34, tells the judge he went to high school and then trucking school. He will enter a guilty plea to the parading / demonstrating / picketing misdemeanor charge.
“This seems to be the least bad option available,” he tells the judge.
Hatley says he appreciates the government making an offer that allows him to continue to work.
“My job is all I have,” Hatley says. Says he’s “very satisfied” with his attorney.
DOJ seeking nearly seven years in federal prison for Ryan Nichols, who will be sentenced on Thursday.
Ryan Nichols talked about his desire to drag politicians through the streets before getting to the Capitol, assaulted law enforcement on video, then confessed on video in the third person.
This is what Donald Trump Jr. falsely claimed about his case, before Ryan Nichols pleaded.
Before Donald Trump Jr. took up his cause, Ryan Nichols told the FBI that he “no longer trusted” Donald Trump and his ilk because he “felt they had led him in the wrong direction.”
A lawyer for Jan. 6 defendant Russell Taylor wrote in a sentencing memo today that Ronald Reagan appointed Judge Royce C. Lamberth now has "the equivalent of a PhD in the events of January 6th."
Here's what Judge Lamberth has been saying about the GOP's "preposterous" rhetoric:
"The Court is accustomed to defendants who refuse to accept that they did anything wrong. But in my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
"While Lamberth did not refer to the politicians by name, he used quotations from Reps. Andrew Clyde... Marjorie Taylor Greene... Elise Stefanik... former President Donald Trump..." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
There really are some strang moments in the Jan. 6 CCTV footage being released by House Republicans. Like here's the elusive #Individual4 revealing his face because he goes to take a swig of stolen Coke, and then here's Kevin McCarthy in the same spot hours later.
Judge Lamberth noted that most Jan. 6 rioters “wrongly but sincerely believed the election was stolen” and said Sullivan was the only Jan. 6 defendant he knew of who “showed up to the Capitol despite not subscribing to the goals of the protest.”
NEW: Feds seeking 7+ years in federal prison for John Sullivan, which would put him pretty high up on the list of Jan. 6 sentences.
At trial, prosectors told jurors that he came to the Capitol with the "goal of inciting the crowd," and showed evidence he bragged he wanted to "make those Trump supporters f--- s--- up."
"Sullivan also told Sacker that his motivations were 'siding with anyone willing to rip this down and put something new in place, put something better in place. Pretty simple.'" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
DOJ: "As his campaign to sell footage to news outlets evolved, Sullivan suddenly began relabeling himself as a journalist—even changing the caption of his website from 'activist' to 'journalist.'"